Seismologists have devised two scales of measurement to enable them to describe

and record informantionabout earthquakes in quantitative terms.The most widely known

measurement is the Richter scale, a numerical logarithmic scale developed and
introduced by American seismologist Charles R. Richterin 1935. The purpose of the
scale the saxle is to measure the amplitude of the largest trace recorded by a standard
seismograph one hundred kilometers from the epicenter of an earthquake. Tables have
been formulated to demonstrate the magnitude of any earthquake from any seismograph.
For example,a one-unir increase in magnitude translates into an increase of times thirty in
released energy. To put that another way, each number on the Richter scale represnts an
earthquake ten times as strong as one of the next lower magnitude. Specilifically, an
earthquake of magnitude 6 is ten times as strong as an earthquake of 5 magnitude 5.
On the Richer scale, earthquake of 6.75 are considered great and 7.0 to 7.75 are
consideres major. An earthquake that reads 4 to 5.5 would be expected to have caused
localized damage, and those of magnitude 2 may be felt.
The other earthquake-assessment scale, introduced by the Italian seismologist
Giuseppe Mercalli, measures the intensity of shaking, using gradations from 1 to 12.
Because the effects of such shaking dissipate with distance from the epicenter of the
earthquake, the Marcalli 2 or 3 are basically the same as those of Richter 3 or 4;
measurement of 11 or 12 on the Mercalli scale can be roughly correlated with magnitudes
of 8 or 9 on the Richter sacle. In either case, the relative poswer or energy released by the
earthquake can understood, and the population waits to hear how bad the earthquake that
just passed really was.
It is estimed that almost one million earthquake occur each year, but most of them
are so minor that they pass undetected. In fact, more than one thousand earthquake of a
magnitude of 2 or lower on the Richter scale occur every day.

1. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

a. Earthquake
b. The Richter scale
c. Charles F. Richter
d. Seismography
2. According to information in the the passage,what does the Richter scale record?
a.The distance from the epicenter
b.The amplitude of the largest trace
c.The degree of damage
d.The location of the epicenter
3. The word standard in paragraph 1 could be replaced by
a.reliable
b.complex
c.conventional
d.abandoned

Seimologists have devised two scales of measurement to enable to describe and

record information about earthquakes in quantitative terms. The most widly know
measurement is the Richter scale, a numerical logarithmic scale developed and
introduced by American seismologist Charles R. Richter in 1935. the purpose of the scale
is to measure the amplitude of the largest trace recorded by a standard seismograph one
hundred kilometers from the epicenter of an earquake. Tables have been formulated to
demonstrate the magnitude of any earthquake from to demonstrate the magnitude of any
earquake from any seismograph. For example, a one-unit increase in agnitude translates
into an increase of times thirty in released energy. To put that another way, each number
on the Richter scale represents an earthquake ten times as strong as one of the next lower
magnitude. Specifically, an earthquake of magnitude 6 is ten times as strong as an
earthquake of magnitude 5.
One the Richter scale, earthquake of 6.75 are considered great 7.0 to 7.75 are
considered major. An earthquake that reads 4 to 5.5 would be

4. What is the value of the tables ?

a. the allow us to interpret the magnitude of earthquakes.
b. they help us to calculate our distance from earthquakes.
c. they record all earthquakes.
d. they release the energyof earthquakes.
5. How does each number on the Richter scale compare ?
a. each number is one hundred times asa strong as the previous number.
b. each magnitude is ten times stronger than the previous magnitude.
c. the strength of each magnitude is one less than the previous magnitude.
d. the scale desreases by five or six for each nuber.
6. Look at the word those in the passage click on the world or phrase in the bold text
that those refers to

Released energy. To put that another way, each number on the Richter scale represents an
earthquake ten times as strong asa one of the next lower magnitude. Specifically, an
earthquake of magnitude 6 is ten times as strong asa an earthquake of magnitude 5.
On the Richter scale, earthquake of 6.75 are consldered great and 7.0 to 7.75 are
consldered major. An earthquake that reds 4 to 5.5 would be expected to have caoused
localized damage, and those of magnitude 2 may be felt.
The other earthquake-assessment scale, introduced by the Italian
seismologist gluseppe mercall, measure the intensity of shaking , using gradations from1
to 12. because the effects of such shaking dissipate with distance from the eplcenter of
the earthquake, the mercall rating depends on the site of the measurement. Earthquakes of
mercall 2 or 3 are basically the same asa those of Richter 3 or 4 measurements of 11 or
12 on the mercall scale can be roughtly correlated with magnitudes of 8 or 9 on the
Richter scale. In either case, the relative power of energy released by the earthquake can
be

7. What does the author mean by the statement

Because the effects of such shaking dissipate with distance from the epicepter of the
earthquake, the mercalli rating depends on the site of measurement ?
a. the mercalli rating will vary depending on the location of the measurement
b. the results of the mercalli rating are less acturate grater distances from the
epicenter
 c. the strongher shaking of the earthquake at the center is not detected by the
mercalli rating
d. the mercalli rating is useful because it is taken father away from the center of
the earthquake
8. Look at the world roughly in the passage. Clik on the word or phase in the bold text
that is closest in meaning to the word roughly

major. An earthquake that reads 4 to 5.5 would be expected have caused localized
damage, and those of magnitude 2 may be felt.
The other earthquake-assessment scale, introduced by the iatlian seismologist
gluseppe mercalli, measure the intensity of shaking, using gradations from 1 to 12.
because the effects of such shaking dissipate with distance from the epicenter of the
earthquake, the mercalli rating depends on the site of the measurement.
Earthquakes of mercalli 2 or 3 are basically the same as those of richter 3 or 4:
measurements of 11 or 12 on the mercalli scale be roughly correlated with magnitudes of
8 or 9 on the richter scale. In either case, the relative power or energy released by the
earthquake can be understood, and the population waits to hear how bad the earthquake
that justpassed really was.
It is estimated that almost on millon earthquakes occur each year, but most of
them are so minor that they pass undetected. In fact, more than one thousand earthquake
of a magnitude of 2 or lower on the richter occur every day.

9.The word imdetected in paragraph 4 is cloest in meaning to

a. with no damage
b. with no notice
c. with no name
d. with no problem

major. An earthquake that reads 4 to 5.5 would be expected have caused localized
damage, and those of magnitude 2 may be felt.
The other earthquake-assessment scale, introduced by the iatlian seismologist
gluseppe mercalli, measure the intensity of shaking, using gradations from 1 to 12.
because the effects of such shaking dissipate with distance from the epicenter of the
earthquake, the mercalli rating depends on the site of the measurement.
Earthquakes of mercalli 2 or 3 are basically the same as those of richter 3 or 4:
measurements of 11 or 12 on the mercalli scale be roughly correlated with magnitudes of
8 or 9 on the richter scale. In either case, the relative power or energy released by the
earthquake can be understood, and the population waits to hear how bad the earthquake
that justpassed really was.
It is estimated that almost on millon earthquakes occur each year, but most of
them are so minor that they pass undetected. In fact, more than one thousand earthquake
of a magnitude of 2 or lower on the richter occur every day.

10.With which of the following statements would the author most probably agree ?
a. only the richter scale describes earthquakes in quantitative terms
 b. both the richter scale and the mercalli scale measure earthquake in the same
way
c. most earthquake are measurable on either the richter or the mercalli scale
d. the mercalli and the richter scale are different but they can be compared
11. The passage discusses all of the following in the explanation of the richter scale
EXCEPT
a. it was introduced in 1935
b. it was developed by an American seismologist
c. it has a scale of 1 to 12
d. it measures the magnitude of earthquakes

Charles lves, who is nowdays acclaimed as the first great American composer of
the twentieth century, had to wait many years for the public recognition he deserved.
Bron to music as the son of a bandmaster,lves played drums in his father ‘s community
band, and organ at the local church. He enteredYale Univesity as twenty to study musical
composition with Horatio Parker. But after graduation, he chose not to pusue a career in
music. He suspected correctly that the public would not accept the the music he wrote,
for lves did not follow the musical fashion of his times. While his contemporaion wrote
lyrioal song, lves transfigured music and musical from. He quoted, combined, insinuated,
and distored familiar hymns, marches, and battle songs, while experimenting with the
effects of polytonality, or the simultaneous use of two more keys, and dissonance, or the
clash of keys with conflicting rhythms and time. Even when he could convince some
musicians to show some intrest in his compositions, after assessing them, conductors and
peformers said that they were essentially unplayable.
Instead, he became a succesfil insurance executive, building his company into the
largest agency in the country in only two decades. Although he occasionally hired
musicians to play one of his works privateky for him, he usually heardhis music only in
his imagination.
After he recovered from a serious heart attack, he became reconciled to the fact
that his ideas, especially the use of dissonance and special effects, were just too different
for the musical mainstream to accept. Determined to share his music with the few people
who might appreciate it, he published work privately and distributed it free.
In 1939, when lves was sixty-five, American pianist Jhon Kirkpartrick played
Concord Sonata in Town Hall. The reviews were laudatory. One reviewer proclaimed it
“the greatest music composed by an American.”By 1947,lves was famous. His Second
Symphony was presented to the [ulic in a performance by the New York Philharmonic,
fifty years after it had been written. The same year, lves received the Pulitzer Prize. He
was seventy-three.

12. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?

A.Modern musical composition
B.Charles lves’ life
C.The Pulizer Prize
D.Carcer choices
13.Why didn’t the public appreciate lves’music?
A.It was not performed for a long time.
 B.It was very different from the music of the time.
C.The performers did not play it well.
D. he did not write it down.
14. Look at the word dissonance in the passage.Click on the word in the bold text that is
closest in meaning to dissonance

Marhes, and battle songs, while experimenting with the effects of polytonality, or the
simultaneous use of two or more keys, and dissonance, or the clash of keys with
conflicting rythms and time.Even when he could convince some musicians to show some
interest in his compositions, after assessing them, conductors and performens said that
they were essentially unplayble.
Instead, he became a successful insurance executive, building his company into
insurance agency in the country in only two decades. Although he occasionally hired
musicans to play heard his music only in his imagination.
After he recovered from a serious heart attack, he became reconciled to the fact
that his ideas, especially the use of dissonance and musical mainstream to accept.
Determined to sharehis music with the few people who might appreciate it, he published
his work privately and distributed it free.
In 1939, when lves was sixty-five, American pianist Jhon Kirkpatrick played
Concord Sonata in

15. The word they in paragraph 1 feres to

A.conductors
B.performens
C.interest
D.compositions

Marhes, and battle songs, while experimenting with the effects of polytonality, or the
simultaneous use of two or more keys, and dissonance, or the clash of keys with
conflicting rythms and time.Even when he could convince some musicians to show some
interest in his compositions, after assessing them, conductors and performens said that
they were essentially unplayble.
Instead, he became a successful insurance executive, building his company into
insurance agency in the country in only two decades. Although he occasionally hired
musicans to play heard his music only in his imagination.
After he recovered from a serious heart attack, he became reconciled to the fact
that his ideas, especially the use of dissonance and musical mainstream to accept.
Determined to sharehis music with the few people who might appreciate it, he published
his work privately and distributed it free.
In 1939, when lves was sixty-five, American pianist Jhon Kirkpatrick played
Concord Sonata in

16. How did lves make a living for most of his life?
A.He conducted a band.
 B.He tauht musical composition
C.He owned an insurance company.
D.He published music.
17. The pharse becarne reconciled to in paragraph 3 is closest meaning to
A.accepted
B.repeated
C.disputed
D.negiected